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~60h 26min
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About Author

Jo Ann Ferguson

"One of my favorite memories is lying on the grass on a knoll on a late summer day and telling my sister stories I was making up," says Jo Ann Ferguson, who also writes as J.A. Ferguson, Joanna Hampton, Jo Ann Brown, and Rebecca North."There's something magical about being able to spend time with people you enjoy in your imagination. As a writer, I get to go with my characters to their time and place so I can share their adventures and falling in love for the first time…all over again." She has had a few adventures of her own, including a stint as an Army quartermaster officer where she was the first and only woman in her unit. She still enjoys traveling to the locations of her books and learning all about those places and people. Researching her novels is part of the fun. Whether it's ghosts, calling cards, how to fire an antique gun, or traveling to a world that exists only in her imagination, she pays a great deal of attention to the details that delight her reader. She's even learned a bit of Russian, Arabic, Welsh, and a lot of Regency slang. Her work has been honored with award nominations from Pearl, ROMY, Romantic Times, Rom/Con, and Affaire de Coeur magazine. Amazon Books chose her novels to showcase. And Romance Writers of America bestowed the two ARTemis Awards for Jo Ann's Zebra Regencies: The Counterfeit Count and A Christmas Bride. Nonfiction also appeals to her, because it's where she got her start, seeing her first byline when she was twelve years old. She contributed to an encyclopedia of the English Regency period published by Garland Press. For all three editions of the New England Chapter's Now That You've Sold Your Book…What Next?, she has served as co-editor. Believing in giving back, Jo Ann has served Romance Writers of America on both the local and national levels. She has served on the national board as president as well as a director and at term as vice president. For her volunteer work, she was given RWA's highest honor, the Emma Merritt National Service Award. She is also a creative writing instructor. She was awarded a Massachusetts Art Grant to teach creative writing and then established several creative writing courses at Brown University. Many of her students have gone on to publishing careers of their own. She lives in Massachusetts, where her favorite hero—her husband, Bill—and their children and two cats. She's not sure which is the most spoiled.

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"Since it was first published more than twenty years ago, The Way of the Heart has helped millions of men and women cast off the anger and greed that trouble the world - and find love, compassion, and peace in the heart of God. Inspired by the ancient teachings of St. Anthony and the Desert Fathers, The Way of the Heart clears before us a spiritual path consisting of three stepping-stones: Solitude (learning not to be alone but to be alone with God); Silence (the discipline by which the inner fire of God is tended and kept alive); and Prayer (standing in the presence of God with the mind in the heart). Distinguished theologian Henri Nouwen brilliantly illuminates each of these disciplines. In reflections that are beautifully clear and practical, as uplifting on the fourth reading as on the first, he helps us separate the wheat from the chaff in our spiritual lives - and reconnects us with what truly matters. Within this one small book lies the most relevant and inspiring challenge that we shall ever face: to surrender the compulsive noise of the world for the way of the heart that leads us to God."--Book description, Amazon.com.

How the series evolves

beginning
Her only hero
0.0· tough start
peak
The Scotsman's bride
5.0· best book in series
finale
Like no other
0.0· messes up the ending
overall
1.5· maybe series needed more care

Books in this Series

The way of the heart

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"Since it was first published more than twenty years ago, The Way of the Heart has helped millions of men and women cast off the anger and greed that trouble the world - and find love, compassion, and peace in the heart of God. Inspired by the ancient teachings of St. Anthony and the Desert Fathers, The Way of the Heart clears before us a spiritual path consisting of three stepping-stones: Solitude (learning not to be alone but to be alone with God); Silence (the discipline by which the inner fire of God is tended and kept alive); and Prayer (standing in the presence of God with the mind in the heart). Distinguished theologian Henri Nouwen brilliantly illuminates each of these disciplines. In reflections that are beautifully clear and practical, as uplifting on the fourth reading as on the first, he helps us separate the wheat from the chaff in our spiritual lives - and reconnects us with what truly matters. Within this one small book lies the most relevant and inspiring challenge that we shall ever face: to surrender the compulsive noise of the world for the way of the heart that leads us to God."--Book description, Amazon.com.

The Scotsman's bride

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St. John #3 After her betrothed publicly breaks off their engagement, Cassie St. John embarks on a madcap adventure of love and danger when she encounters Lord Ramsey Forbes, the sworn enemy of her twin sister's fiancé, Connor McKensie, who sets her ablaze with passion St. John Series: A Whisper of Violets (St. John, #1) The Scotsman's Lady (St. John, #2) The Scotsman's Bride (St. John, #3)

The Scotsman's lady

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St. John #2 When straight-laced Charlotte St. John trades places with her spirited twin sister and attends a boxing match, she cannot take her eyes off splendid Scottish Lord Connor McKensie who becomes set on marrying Charlotte to save his estate but loses his heart instead, St. John Series: A Whisper of Violets (St. John, #1) The Scotsman's Lady (St. John, #2) The Scotsman's Bride (St. John, #3)

Anything For You

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Since when was his best friend this hot?The world according to Sam Kirk has just turned upside down. His best friend and business partner, Delaney Michaels, has returned from vacation a new woman...a gorgeous, hot new woman. Suddenly Sam is thinking entirely inappropriate thoughts about his buddy. Worse, with Delaney's changed look, she's abandoning their friendship in pursuit of the picket-fence dream. It's a nightmare come true.Then one night finds them tangling in the sheets.It should feel wrong, wrong, wrong...instead, it feels very right. And now Sam knows exactly what he'd do to keep his best friend: absolutely anything.

My only love

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Warwick Brothers #2 Her passionate nature and secretive past made Olivia Devonshire, 27, one of the most notorious women in England...Miles Warwick, 39, was a disreputable rogue, the black sheep of his family. But he never gambled on losing his heart to the woman he married for money... Bound at first by empty vows, their union flared into an unquenchable climax of passion that no force on heaven or earth could ever pull asunder...

Texas treasure

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HE WAS A GAMBLING MAN... Texas rancher and gambler Colt Morgan was riding the vengeance trail to find the gang responsible for murdering his family. When a failed raid left him saddled with feisty Amelia Spencer, a beautiful housemaid who'd just killed a man in self-defense, Colt soon found himself on another mission--rescuing the woman who, night after passionate night, stirred his senses as no woman ever had. ...BUT WOULD HE RISK HIS HEART ON LOVE? Riding into the unknown, her arms wrapped around Colt, Amelia felt protected at last--until fate put her smack in the middle of danger again. When Colt brought her to safety, she wanted nothing more than to stay with this rugged man who made her feel truly adored. If only her love was enough to convince him to trade his pursuit of vengeance for a home and happiness...with her! 320 pages

The Lady And The Falconer

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With her father at war and her step-mother ruling the castle with disinterest, Lady Solace Farindale protects her people the best she can. When a neighboring lord lays siege to the castle, a threat on the lady’s life is discovered. She turns to a man she can’t resist, and puts her trust in a stranger who has captured her heart. Will she discover the secret this man holds before it is too late? Tormented by guilt and a tragic past, Logan Grey has gained access to the castle disguised as a falconer. With only revenge on his mind, he has no time for the feisty beauty who has caught his eye. In a twist of fate, and a deadly betrayal, Logan must risk his life for the lady who ignited a passion more perilous than war. Can love reign in a place where only hate ruled? The Lady and the Falconer is an exciting medieval romance filled with action, intrigue, suspense and a desire that defies every sinister obstacle put in its path. (From the Author's web-site.)